Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-12-29
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.


Saturday evening. Dec "a. with the
Christmas eve celebration at the Baptist
church. The Sabbath school teachers
constructed a beautiful cabin OF cotton
with the roof sparkling with imitation
snow. Inside the house were many at.
tractiye presents and sweetmeats. At the
hour for commencing the exercises the
concern caught fire from Chinese Ian.
tern and was entirely consumed. 1t was
only through the cool and united efforts
Of those present that tho magnificent
church editice was saved. NJ
At Council Bluffs Dec. "a. while grad.
ers were at work on Lees dirt bank, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh avenues,
large mass Of dirt weighing perhaps tive
or six tons suddenly caved in and com.
pletely buried two men working below.
One Of them, Dan Kelly, was instantly
killed. His arms and legs were broken,
each in several places. his back badly
broken and Lis chest caved in. The other
laborer, Charles Thornton, had an arm
broken and was injured internally. lie Is
not expected to live.
For years past the Episcopal church OF
Dubuque has been laboring under debt
Of twenty seven thousand dollars. On
Dec. 30 it was announced that the money
to pay 1t of had been raised by the mem.
Der, of the church in that city. Now that
the debt Of the church is to be paid off
an effort will be made t. have the diocese
Of Iowa divided and Dubuque be selected
as the cepter Of the new see, to be called
the Diocese Of Dubuque. The church
at Dubuque is the finest building Of this
denomination In the State.
TO settle the important dispute as to
whether Bug Holiday should go to
the ST. Louis Browns or to the Des Moines,
both clubs claiming him for the year. An
examination Of the files OF the Western
Union dispatches was made at Des
Moines and resulted in finding no dispatch
from Holiday under date of October 30.
as claimed by Pr 1sident Won der Abe
a dispatch was found to w. II. Goldsby,
Evansville. from Holiday. expressing u
willingness to sign with ST. Louis. but it
was sont on the 10Th. the day before the
legal time for signing. According to the
decision OF the arbitration committee at
the late meeting In Cincinnati. Holiday
therefore goes to Des Moiues.
Prophet Foster predicts that January
will be a Sit rmy changeable month. The
first seven days will be full Of buster.
nrm, aud changes from cold to warm
weather. and will average much warmer
tuan the last week in December. The
principal force OF these storms will re ,ch
the river about the lst 9Th and 9TH. The
other storm dates will be alb ut the 18th.
18th, s5Ih and 3)th. The changes from
sudden and sharp from the 18th to the
eth. The weather will be less change.
able between the 9Th and nth and after
the 9th. We expect quite warm weather
about the 9Th and 7th. with cold reaction
during the week following"
The city council OF Davenport has
chartered street railway company.
Ottumwss artesian well has reached a
depth of / 900 feet. There Is plenty Of
water, but NO gas.
Robert Brown. v coal miner. fatally
shot John Nicholson. auyther miner, Vt
Knoxville Junction. Doc 30. Brown was
arresteu and IL NOV Ia jail.
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alllowu, IL organizing now political
party In Iowa to be called the American
party. She is preparing for tour Of the
State for the purpose Of organizing local
branches She is confident the new party
will eventually control the politics Of the
country. She says that 500 names per
day are being added to its membership ir
New York. and that it can already boast
of u Governor in California. The motto
of the new party is America for Ameri!
cans" She expects to have a large mem-
bersLip in Iowa before spring.
1t is understood that . syndicate has
been formed in Des MOines fer the pur-
chase of the Iowa State Register. and an
option on the property has been obtained.
| the price agreed upon being $780, 900.
The option includes the Register plant
and the homestead Of both proprietors.
Rumor has 1t IL the deal is completed the
| new publishers will radically change the
policy Of the paper from an advocate Of
prohibition to champion of high license.
The deal creates great excitement among
me element Of the Republican party.
| which is alarmed at the probability of
soon being without an organ. The Clark
sons are said TO be interested In the own
crship of the Chicago Times. the one to
| become editor and the other business
manager. so that the sale of the Register
is considered extremely probable.
Two brcweries, valued at 500, 900 and
employing 100 men. suspended opera.
lion at Marion.
Farmers in the vicinity of Drakeville
have successfully experimental in
threshing their corn fodder
A farmer near Cherokee has lost &c.
| 90 worth Of hogs in three weeks from
some unknown disease.
Phil Armour has asked Keokuk
, ,tchers to handle his meat If they
| efu,e he will establish q meat depot
| there.
Charlie Jones. IS years old. attempted
| to eros the Iowa Central in front of II
freight train at Grinnell, Dec. 90, but
slipped and one leg was SO badly crushed
hat amputation was necessary. He died
the next morning.
The Stock ami News Exchange is the
title Of a new six column folio daily pub
lished by the Union Stock Yards Publish
ing Company. Of Sioux City, which made
IT'S first appearance Dec %. 1t will be
devoted mainly to the 1--we stock and
packing interests Of Sioux City and the
tributary territory.
Il is estimated that there is sufficient
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